TRAINING AND INFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON THE ... - Fokus

14. [December 3] Meeting in Mansayangkunda (a Fula compound) in Basse with Omar Baldeh
(VDC Chair and GamcoTRAP mobilize), three women’s leaders, one men’s leader, and a group
of young girls.
15. [December 3] Interview with still practicing Mandinka circumciser and her two adult sons in
their compound in Basse.
16. [December 3] Meeting in Giroba, Fula compound of Maleck Baldeh in Basse, with around
twenty women in their 20s and 30s.
17. [December 4] Meeting with Governor at his office in Basse.
18. [December 4] Meeting at alkalos compound in Garawol (a large, predominantly Serahule
community), URR, including men’s leaders, Chief of Police, three former circumcisers, and two
youth leaders.
19. [December 4] Meeting in alkalo’s compound in Suduwol (a mostly Serahule community) URR,
with alkalo and his (co-alkalo) brother, senior men’s council leader, a male youth leader, three
women’s leaders, and a young former circumciser.
20. [December 4] Meeting in Kulari (a large village, mostly Serahule and Bambara), URR, in
compound of women’s council president, with one men’s leader and five women, including one
former circumciser.
21. [December 4] Meeting in Tambasangsang (a community of Jahankas, who are ethnically
Mandinka but culturally Serahule), URR, with over a hundred community members, dominated
by the local kanyeleng society, including several former circumcisers, male and female traditional
leaders, and youth leaders.
22. [December 4] Meeting in Damphakunda (large Jahanka community near Tambasangsang),
URR, in compound of women’s leader, with kanyelengs, CBFs, TBA/ former circumciser, and a
number of individuals who have participated in GamcoTRAP training.
23. [December 4] Interview in vehicle with Amie Bojang-Cissoko, Malick Baldeh, and Wandefa
Saidhykhan.
24. [December 4] Meeting in Tinkinjo (Mandinka village), URR, with alkalo and his brother, former
circumciser and her assistant, young man previously unaware of the issue.
25. [December 4] Interview with Amie Bojang-Cissoko and Malick Baldeh at guesthouse in Basse.
26. [December 5] Interview in Bansang, CRR, with CBF, Fatou Tarawally.
27. [December 5] Meeting in Bantanto (a Mandinka community near Bansang), CRR, at bantaba
with male elders (including alkalo and his two older brothers who make decisions alongside him)
and former circumciser.
28. [December 5] Meeting in Sareh Gideh (a Fula community near Bansang), CRR, with first the
alkalo and elder men, then a group of young married women.
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